The Official Religious/Political Debate Thread (country, American, member, speakers)

[IamAlejo]

Where to start....Where to start again? OK...found a spot.

Of course the US government didn't release all of the information to the public, but it would have to to the UN. The UN voted against going to war. The US and British governments pressed on regardless, basically invalidating the very existence of a United Nations in the same way that Germany and Japan did in the late 1930's. We all know how the 30's ended.

Actually they wouldn't. US is not a big fan of the UN, and even less of a fan of NATO. I doubt they release all the info to UN.

As an American citizen are you actually satisfied that your government decides what you are fit to hear? They are supposed to be SERVING you, not the other way round.

"It's not what your government can do for you, but what you can do for your government." Ever heard of it? JFK, one of the best Presidents we've had. Who are you to say what the government is to do?

The reasons you come up with for invading Iraq I feel are totally justified. Yes, he was a tyrant, yes he was a dispicable human being, yes he was a nasty man. But it's ok for the Zimbabwean regime to do exactly the same things because Africa is a third world continent? If the US wants to be seen as the "policeman of the world" then surely they should be doing something about that?

Isn't the US often criticized for being the "World Police." Yes we are, yet when we don't help out some third world country than we are the bad guys. It's always are fault. But the fact remains, there is no immediate investment in Zimbabwe. We have constantly been at war with them ever since Desert Storm. The fact is that we are not going to spread out the military too thin at one time. If things settle in Iraq, we might go to Zimbabwe. Who knows? Iraq was more of an immediate threat to the US than Zimbabwe will ever be.

1.2 million jobs have been lost since Bush was elected. The dollar has weakened against the pound, the yen and the euro. Productivity is down. The reason Bush is desperately trying to create jobs now is because of an election in November. Simple as that. He has been the worst president for the US economy in my lifetime.

Most of those lost jobs, dollar weakening, etc, happened during the first two years of his Presidency. Do you think that an economy has results in just two years. No, it takes 4 to 6 years for a Presidents laws, etc, to have an impact on the economy. Look at Clinton before we start looking too much at Bush.